Battle of the Mid -Table Giants
Matt Kvesic
By Cherry Picker
April 10 2015
Four games to go and it's hard to get excited about the Premiership. Neither Quins nor Glaws can be happy to be 8th and 9th respectively, but at least we are in with a chance of qualifying for the top tier European championship next season by virtue of the Challenge Cup ...
With one eye on next week's Challenge Cup semi-final the Player of the Year (hopefully) Matt Kvesic is rested for the trip to The Stoop while Tom Plamer is injured. In come James Hudson and Jacob Rowan who will be in the back row.
With no pressure for league points it could well prove yto be a high scoring game with both sides packed full of flair players.
Gloucs: Steve McColl; Charlie Sharples, Bill Meakes, Billy Twelvetrees (capt), Jonny May; James Hook; Greig Laidlaw; Nick Wood, Richard Hibbard, John Afoa; Tom Savage, James Hudson; Sione Kalamafoni, Jacob Rowan, Gareth Evans
Reps: Darren Dawidiuk, Dan Murphy, Sila Puafisi, Mariano Galarza, Ross Moriarty, Dan Robson, Billy Burns, Henry Purdy
Quins make a handful of changes with Ollie Lindsay-Hague, Charlie Walker and Marland Yarde in the backs.
Up front Matt Shields starts at tight head prop in place of injured Kyle Sinckler. Nick Easter moves up to the second-row .
Quins: 15. Ollie Lindsay-Hague 14. Marland Yarde 13. Aseli Tikoirotuma 12. Harry Sloan 11. Charlie Walker 10. Nick Evans 9. Danny Care 1. Joe Marler©
2. Dave Ward 3. Matt Shields 4. Nick Easter 5. George Robson 6. Luke Wallace 7. Chris Robshaw 8. Jack Clifford
Reps: Rob Buchanan, Mark Lambert, Darryl Marfo, Charlie Matthews, Netani Talei, Karl Dickson, Ben Botica